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Top-Ranked Wolverines to Begin Road Week at No. 7 Purdue
2/16/2026 2:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The top-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team (24-1, 14-1 Big Ten) will open its road week Tuesday (Feb. 17), traveling to West Lafayette, Ind., to face seventh-ranked Purdue (21-4, 11-3 Big Ten) at Mackey Arena. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m., with the Big Ten matchup to be streamed on Peacock and called by Noah Eagle, Robbie Hummel and Cayleigh Griffin.
Notes
• In another pivotal week, U-M has a pair of top-15 matchups -- first traveling to Mackey Arena to face No. 7 Purdue, then heading to Washington, D.C., to take on No. 3 Duke in the Edward Jones Capital Showcase.
• Michigan has reached No. 1 for the first time since Jan. 30, 2013 -- a span of 13 years and 17 days (4,765 days). Those Wolverines advanced to their first Final Four in 20 years and finished as the national runner-up.
• Prior to 2013, U-M's last stint at No. 1 came with the Fab Five in December 1992. U-M has spent 38 total weeks ranked No. 1 in program history with a 30-8 record.
• Michigan is 77-94 against Purdue; however, the Boilermakers have won the last two meetings. In West Lafayette, U-M is 26-57, but is 5-6 over its last 11 games.
• U-M and Purdue met three times last season. Splitting the regular season -- U-M fell, 91-64, at Mackey Arena before earning a narrow, 75-73, win at Crisler Center. In a third contest in the postseason, U-M used an 86-68 quarterfinal win to advance and eventually win its fourth Big Ten Tournament title in Indianapolis.
• Michigan and Purdue have met 20 times as ranked teams, with the all-time series tied 10-10. The Wolverines have won four of the last five matchups.
• After U-M's 14-0 season start was snapped, Michigan has responded by winning 10 straight games, highlighted by five road victories and back-to-back victories over top-10 opponents -- No. 5 Nebraska (75-72) and at No. 7 MSU (83-71).
• U-M is the first Big Ten team to have a 24-1 record in the last 15 years. The last was Ohio State (24-1) during the 2010-11 season. It is also the U-M's best 25-game start, topping the previous mark of 22-3, reached five times most recently in 2018-19.
• Michigan's 14-1 Big Ten record marks the best conference start in program history, surpassing the 13-2 starts by the 2020-21, 1984-85 and 1976-77 teams. U-M has had 10+ Big Ten wins in 13 of the last 15 seasons and 39 times overall.
• U-M continues one of the most dominant seasons in program history: 20 wins by 10+ points, 13 by 20+, 10 by 30+, seven by 40+ (Big Ten record) and one by 50+. Michigan's 10 wins by 30+ points (through 25 games) are the most by a major-conference team since Duke also had 10 during the 1998-99 campaign.
